Along the way, the Seahawks broke a 35-year-old franchise record for points scored in a single game. At 8-5, they control their destiny for the conference's fifth playoff seed, and the NFC West crown remains a possibility, although the latter would require a near implosion by the 9-3-1 San Francisco 49ers. Either way, coach Pete Carroll's team has morphed into an outfit nobody wants to deal with down the stretch.